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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1902
Page
4
The Aberdeen Herald notes it is a semi weekly paper published every Monday and Thursday with J Carney serving as editor and proprietor and the issue entered at the Aberdeen Washington post office as second class mail matter.
The notice lists subscription rates and advance payment discounts for the Herald, noting a weekly saving by paying in advance. It asserts the Herald’s status as the oldest Grays Harbor paper with the largest Chehalis county circulation and warns that advertising contracts may be forfeited if the circulation claim is not true.
A Public letter rails at U S government actions to prop up Wall Street during a looming crisis. It questions why public funds were loaned to banks and why extraordinary premiums on bonds were paid to avert a panic. The author cites the treasury secretary and calls the aid misused and ineffective.
Critics challenge President Roosevelt to apply anti trust enforcement equally to powerful firms and individuals. They demand decisive criminal actions against trust violators and insist his creed of hope match concrete legal steps rather than rhetoric.
A writer notes that Republican papers claim to support democracy, presenting a paradox that their zeal may reflect ulterior motives rather than genuine democratic welfare. The reflection questions the sincerity of the democracy claim.
Superintendent Sheller of the state forestry reserves dispatches a ranger to survey winter residents on the reserves. Settlers will be visited to report livestock, improvements, and settlement dates. Mining claimants must disclose ore character, claim dates, and completed work. bogus claims will be revoked.
The Sumner Herald asks who presented one million dollars to the University of Chicago while noting John D. Rockefeller’s dominant role in Standard Oil. The piece cites other company moves including a ten million dollar dividend and a one cent per gallon oil price hike adding three million dollars yearly revenue.
A quotation from Ella Wheeler Wilcox on a health routine advises wearing fresh clothes and deep breathing. It instructs placing hands on knees, closing the mouth and eyes, keeping the spine free, avoiding compression, inflating the abdomen while counting seven and repeating seven times, twice daily.
Charley Gant serves as editor of the new weekly paper started last week. The publication aims to be readable and newsy with liberal advertising support, and Gant is described as a forceful writer with the drive to succeed.
The president acknowledges a tariff on anthracite coal but omits admitting it was smuggled in, likely to avoid triggering an investigation that could reveal more.
Secretary Hitchcock has ordered suspension of action in the general land office on timber land entries in Oregon Washington and California. He also ordered an investigation on timber entries in Oregon.
The president argues banks should furnish the entire money supply, likening it to mills providing all flour without regard to profits. This compares monetary funding to production essentials and questions profit emphasis.
A method to dry hip rubber boots using a hot flannel inserted into the boot and placed near a grate. The open boot leg is kept from collapsing with a spring steel corset rib eighteen inches long and three quarters of an inch wide.
Remove skin and bone from large sardines then mince. Mix with minced onion parsley and chopped olives to taste. Serve on lettuce leaves with mayonnaise or French dressing.
How to escalop lobster by tearing meat into pieces with a fork. Season with salt pepper and a touch of nutmeg. Butter a granite dish, add lobster with stock, top with cracker crumbs and butter. Bake until light brown. Leftover fish can be prepared the same way.
Instructions describe making corn loaf by first preparing one pint of mush then adding scalded milk a dissolved yeast cake and enough flour to make batter. After two hours bake a light batter into dough knead and bake in a greased pan for about an hour at a moderate heat.
A New York Post editorial criticizes well meaning busybodies who meddle in others affairs. It argues their plans to regulate neighbors lives often backfire and impose unnecessary interference, even when the intent is to help. The piece cautions against overreach and the loss of personal autonomy.
The Cornhill Magazine notes epochs of verse riddles surrounding intellectual awakenings. It highlights Aldhelm, bishop of Sherborne in the late seventh century, as the first Anglo Latin poet and author of Latin hexameter enigmas. It mentions an earlier Latin riddle collection by Symphosius unknown in date, used by Aldhelm, with each riddle drawing three hexameter lines.
The tale contrasts a proud father and his son as the son’s first novel earns a congratulatory note. The father writes with formal distance, while the son replies with a witty self deprecating tone and playful reference to the father’s reputation as a novelist.
Dr Bersen and Dr Soring of the Berlin Meteorological Institute reached a record 33 790 feet in a balloon ascent after an initial 30 000 feet exposure. They lost consciousness briefly. descent required a valve opening and both remained insensible until the craft reached 16 000 feet after about an hour. Marriage in Arabia notes a system of rigid consanguinity and multiple brides, with polygamy cited as common in the region.
A farmer asks why the worker seems exhausted while claiming he never tires. The hired man calmly replies that the claim doesn’t tire him, implying a misfit between expectation and reality in his effort.
A neighbor recalls a child entering a house and noting she could smell apples. The girl insists the scent comes from whole apples, not the apple parings on a plate, prompting humorous dialogue about perception.
A serious man warns about betting on the races while a young man with a red necktie hopes the scene is a dream. The exchange ends with resigned doubt and a wish to wake up tomorrow.
A Syracuse Herald piece quotes Sir Andrew Clark on aging and adaptability, noting that many people are left stranded in old age as they fail to adjust to changing circumstances. The commentary contrasts the idea of a fixed title in life with the ongoing need for personal adjustment.
A reflective line states that no beauty of face, form, or manners equals the aim to spread happiness and reduce injury to others. It emphasizes kindness as the true enhancer of character and social harmony.
The Illinois Central Railroad invites travelers from St Paul Omaha and St Louis to plan east or west journeys. It connects with all western trunk lines and offers stopovers itineraries and custom arrangements at no extra postage cost. Headquarters in Portland with agents in Portland Seattle and traveling representatives statewide.
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